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Array ( [sid] => 98872 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Open your Eyes [time] => 2005-06-21 18:47:35 [hometext] => Hmmm....this is written on the spot. No guarantees. [bodytext] => Have you ever looked around you?
I mean, really looked?

Close your eyes.
Tell me the color of your kitchen-countertop
and the number of steps to your bedroom
and the name of the plant beside your door.

Do you know the song of the blackbird
that sings outside your window?
Do you know the pattern on your bedspread?
Can you tell me what shoes the person
next to you is wearing?

Open your eyes and see.

We are blind to the world
in our effort to get along
in our effort to get away
in our effort to pursue our own dreams.

Open your eyes and see. [comments] => 3 [counter] => 171 [topic] => 43 [informant] => Arannon [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 8 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )

Open your Eyes

Contributed by Arannon on Tuesday, 21st June 2005 @ 06:47:35 PM in AEST
Topic: oops

Have you ever looked around you?
I mean, really looked?

Close your eyes.
Tell me the color of your kitchen-countertop
and the number of steps to your bedroom
and the name of the plant beside your door.

Do you know the song of the blackbird
that sings outside your window?
Do you know the pattern on your bedspread?
Can you tell me what shoes the person
next to you is wearing?

Open your eyes and see.

We are blind to the world
in our effort to get along
in our effort to get away
in our effort to pursue our own dreams.

Open your eyes and see.

Copyright © Arannon ... [ 2005-06-21 18:47:35]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: Open your Eyes (User Rating: 1 )
by xxbreathlessx on Tuesday, 21st June 2005 @ 06:56:52 PM AEST
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i really liked th message this gives out. ots like learning to appreciate the small things in life. and this poem itself helps readers open thier eyes. great job.

Re: Open your Eyes (User Rating: 1 )
by Fionndruinne on Tuesday, 21st June 2005 @ 06:58:27 PM AEST
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Good work, I say. It needs a bit more structure and rhythm, perhaps, but the theme is well-spoken, and important. Keep writing! And welcome to the site.

Andrew

Re: Open your Eyes (User Rating: 1 )
by polaris773 on Tuesday, 3rd August 2010 @ 01:29:06 PM AEST
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pretty cool poem

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